Andy Carroll hopes his club record move to West Ham will help him cement a place in the England squad ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The 24-year-old yesterday finalised a move from Liverpool in a move understood to be worth £15.5m deal, plus a further £2m in add-ons to the Reds.

Carroll, whose six-year deal could be extended by a further two, scored seven times in 24 league appearances while on loan at Upton Park last season.

Much of his stay in east London was hampered by injuries, with a heel problem ruling the frontman out of contention for the end-of-season friendlies against the Republic of Ireland at Wembley and Brazil at the Maracana.

However, Carroll feels if all goes well for him at the Irons next season then he should be very much in Roy Hodgson’s plans once again as the Three Lions battle to qualify for the World Cup.

Carroll said: “I just want to keep fit now, keep scoring goals and performing week in and week out for West Ham, if I do that here, play well and keep fit, then hopefully I will get in the England team.”

Yesterday’s move brings to an end a disappointing spell of the centre-forward’s career at Anfield, where he never really made a major impact following a high-profile £35m on transfer deadline day from Newcastle in January 2011.

Carroll scored 11 times in 58 appearances for the Reds, but when manager Kenny Dalglish was replaced by Brendan Rodgers last summer it became apparent he was not in the manager’s plans. apparent his chances of regular first-team football would be minimal.

Now, though, the striker is fully focussed on helping West Ham build on a creditable 10th place last season as he and his team-mates prepare for their opening game of the season, at home to promoted npower Championship winners Cardiff.

Carroll is in no doubt he has signed for a club going places, with West Ham set to take up tenancy in the revamped 54,000-seater Olympic Stadium for the start of the 2016/2017 campaign.

“There has been a few weeks since the end of the season, and I have had a lot of time to think when I was away from the club. obviously I have missed it and that is why I am back,” said Carroll, who was reported to also be a target for his former club Newcastle.

“Getting promoted the season before last, then finishing where we did - we did great, and it can only get better for us.

“The way the club is being run, obviously getting the new stadium and everything like that, it is only going up, and that is what I want to be a part of.

“It is going to be even better there (at the Olympic Stadium) when even more fans can fit in and I cant wait.

“I am going to give it my all, to hopefully get some more goals and the aim is to win something, and I cant see why we cant do it with the way the team is going.”

West Ham have already moved to strengthen the squad with the signing of veteran Romania captain Razvan Rat, the defender moving on a one-year free transfer deal as well as goalkeeper Adrian on a free transfer from Real Betis.

Several players have been released, among them former England frontman Carlton Cole, whose agent claims has received offers from both the Premier League as well Europe and the Major Soccer League in the United States.